June 7, 2018
Lipsett Auditorium, Building 10, NIH
Women, Heart and Brain: Sex and the Head-Heart Connection
The NIH Office of Research on Women's Health invites you to attend the ORWH Women's Health Seminar Series which feature topics related to women's health across the life span. The first seminar is entitled, "Sex and the Head-Heart Connection," will be held on June 7th at 12:00 PM CT. The event will take place on the NIH campus in Bethesda, but is available by webcast at the following link:https://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=27796&bhcp=1
Feature speakers include:
Keynote Speaker
Heart-Brain Connection: Implications of Sex Differences Across the Life Course.
Nakela Cook, M.D., Chief of Staff & Senior Scientific Officer.
Office of the Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH (NHLBI).
Panel Presentations
Impact of SeXX on the Comorbidity of Depression and Cardiovascular Disease
Jill M. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Executive Director; Women, Heart, and Brain Global Initiative; Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School
An Integrated Research Approach to Reducing Cardiovascular and Cognitive Comorbidities in Women
Virginia M. Miller, Ph.D.
Professor, Surgery and Physiology
Director, Women’s Health Research Center, Mayo Clinic
What does the growing burden of non-communicable diseases mean for women globally
Current Trends, Future Challenges, and Opportunities
Ana Langer, M.D.
Director, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health